Staff REPORTER
ITANAGAR, Jun 27: The MBBS seats in the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), Naharlagun have been increased from existing 50 to 100 for the academic year 2024-2025.
TRIHMS, the lone medical college in Arunachal Pradesh, has in this regard received the 'letter of permission' from the National Medical Commission's Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) on Thursday.
The Board, in a letter to the principal, TRIHMS states, "This permission for increase of 50 MBBS seats (from 50 to 100 MBBS seats) and admission of students will be for such time the first batch of students admitted against the above course appears for the final examination in the subject. The college authorities may take up the matter for recognition of the qualification under section 35(2) of the NMC Act, 2019 with the National Medical Commission (NMC), at the time of examination of the first batch of students admitted against the sanctioned seats."
The Board cautioned that the institution is fully responsible to fulfil and maintain norms including the infrastructure both physical and human resource, teaching faculty and clinical material etc throughout the academic year, as stipulated in Regulation of National Medical Commission (NMC). ‘In case false/wrong declaration or fabricated documents have been used for procuring permission of the MARB and the said misconduct is brought to the notice of National Medical Commission (NMC) or found during surprise assessment at any stage during the current academic year, your institution is liable, not be considered for recognition of the degree," it said.
It is mandatory for the Government medical colleges to contribute 15 percent of MBBS seats and 50 percent of Post Graduate Broad Specialities (MD/MS) for All India quota respectively, to MCC of DGHS for conduction of counselling as per the directions of the Supreme Court, it stated.